Judges 18:30:11Judg.18.30.W11TAB
כֹהֲנִים֙
khohanim
“priests”
- Transliteration
- kho-ha-NIM
- Extended
- khoh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /xoːhăˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- priests
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kho-ha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YU kho-ha-NIM
- clause
vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ya-KI-mu la-HEM be-NEI-DAN et-ha-PA-sel vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The clause u-vanav hayu kohanim {וּבָנָיו הָי֤וּ כֹהֲנִים | ūvānāyw hāywū kōhā-nîm} ‘and his sons were priests’ pairs kōhā-nîm {כֹהֲנִים | kōhā-nîm} ‘priests’ with a perfect verb to denote their ongoing role, specified by le-shevet ha-dani {לְשֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִי | lə-šē-ḇeṯ ha-dānî} ‘for the tribe of Dan.’
Root and etymology
k-h-nK H N
“to serve as priest”
In context — Judges 18:30
And the sons of Dan set up the idol for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, together with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the land’s captivity.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 18:30, so the Hebrew word כֹהֲנִים֙ (khohanim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.18.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.30.W11.S1) and character.